Ice-sandal



(No Model.)

J. A. MOOAPFREY.

Ice Sandal.

No. 237,887. Patented Feb. 15,1881.

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PETERS PHOTOLITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JAMES A. MGGAFFREY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

lCE-SANDAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,887, dated February 15, 1881,

Application filed December 31. 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES A. MCOAFFREY, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ice-Sandals, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is atop view of the sandal, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.

Ice creepers and sandals having metal spikes to prevent slipping are objectionable in many respects. They injure the carpets and floors if worn in the house. They are apt to ball up with snow and mud, and in that condition tend to cause slipping instead of preventing it, and are thus uncleanly and dangerous. They are expensive, and become worn and blunt and will not take the ice, and if applied to the heel of the shoe or boot only are awkward and uncomfortable to wear, and are apt to trip the person wearing them.

The object of my invention is an efficient nonslipping sandal without the objections named, and which can be easily placed upon and removed from the foot.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The main sole A of the sandal may be of leather, rubber, wood, or other substance, and may be provided with numerous small holes (No model.)

in the heel and forward part, through which the outer sole and heel, or a, of felt or like material, are fastened by sewing. The toe-tip B and heel-piece O are secured to the sole A by pegs or by sewing if leather is used, or by cementingif the sandal is of rubber. The heelpiece 0 is provided with the instep-straps c c, for fastening the sandal to the foot.

It is obvious that instead of securing the sole and heel of felt on the sandal by sewing, as above described, or in the ordinary way of securing half-soles of leather by stitching around the edges, they might-be fastened on by glue or other cement, in which case the perforations in the sole A would not be required.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The ice-sandal having the sole A, of leather or rubber or similar material, perforated with numerous holes, in combination with the sole a and-heel a, of woven fabric, such as felt, sewed to the sole A, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JAMES A. MOOAFFREY.

Witnesses:

J. CARROLL MCUAFFREY, HORACE FRITZ. 

